A woman discovers a burglar in her house
NIAGARA FALLS – A 94-year-old woman told police Monday morning that she was awakend by flashing lights downstairs and when she went downstairs to investigate she found a person had been rifling...
View ArticleMan accused of walking out of a wireless store with a stolen cell phone
LOCKPORT – State Police charged a Lockport man at his home this past week with taking a nearly $500 phone from a local wireless retailer.Adam D. Braunscheidel, 23, of Caledonia Street was charged with...
View ArticleBuffalo man pleads guilty to felony theft from mall
LOCKPORT – A Buffalo man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Niagara County Court to the felony theft of designer jeans from a store in the Fashion Outlets in the Town of Niagara.Terence M. Taylor, 18, of...
View ArticleNT teen avoids jail for child molestation
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III placed a North Tonawanda teenager on 10 years’ probation Tuesday for molesting a 9-year-old girl last May, but denied him youthful offender...
View ArticleA Falls taxi driver suspected of driving under the influence
NIAGARA FALLS – All police cars in the city were dispatched following a report of a taxi driver suspected of driving under the influence of narcotic and a short time later police charged a LaSalle...
View ArticleCuts to wires in Verizon transmission box cause $20,000 in damage
NIAGARA FALLS – Someone pried open a pedestal box, near the railroad tracks, in the 2900 block of Ninth Street and cut hundreds of cables, a Verizon representative reported to Niagara Falls police on...
View ArticleCheektowaga plant manager put on probation for stealing from company
The former manager of a Cheektowaga manufacturing firm was placed on five years’ probation Tuesday for stealing $160,000 worth of metal parts from his employer last year and selling them to local...
View ArticleNorth Tonawanda man arrested for pot possession after traffic stop
NIAGARA FALLS – A 23-year-old North Tonawanda man was charged with having a criminal amount of marijuana after a routine traffic stop Monday by State Police.Javon Johnson of Oppenhelm Court was...
View ArticleHealth law’s contraceptive mandate reflects deep divide in nation,...
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with whether the federal government can require businesses to offer health insurance that includes complete contraceptive coverage – and appeared as...
View ArticleMissing girl has been found
LOCKPORT – The Niagara County Sheriff’s office has cancelled a missing persons report for Misty Sink, 15, of the Town of Lockport, who was being sought since she was last seen near Eastview Drive and...
View ArticleWende inmate charged with assaulting guard
A Wende Correctional Facility inmate was quickly restrained after he allegedly assaulted a correction officer who was locking him into his cell Tuesday afternoon. The inmate, Allen Ector, 26, was...
View ArticleElma driver charged with DWI after vehicle ends up in ditch in Holland
A driver whose vehicle ended up in a ditch early today in the Town of Holland was charged with driving while intoxicated, Erie County sheriff’s deputies reported.A deputy was dispatched 12:45 a.m. to...
View ArticleJudge orders man who drove drunk with seven kids in car to 5 years...
A Buffalo man who admitted driving drunk July 4 with seven children in his car was placed on five years’ probation today and fined $3,000.State Supreme Court Justice Penny M. Wolfgang also ordered...
View ArticleArmed man who led Buffalo police on high-speed chase gets 3½ years
A Buffalo man who threatened a woman with a gun, then led police on a high-speed chase that ended when he ran out of gas was sentenced today to 3½ years in prison.State Supreme Court Justice Penny M....
View ArticleArrest made in Amherst bank robbery
A 47-year-old man has been charged with robbing an Amherst bank branch on March 18, police announced today.Ruben Gray, of the Town of Tonawanda, was arrested Tuesday following an investigation by town...
View ArticleJury hears 911 tape of shooting victim identifying his attacker
LOCKPORT – A Niagara County Court jury today heard a dramatic tape of a 911 call in which John Petty, a Niagara Falls man who thought he was dying, identified the man who shot him.However, defense...
View ArticleTwo Buffalo men shot, one dies
A 27-year-old man was fatally shot and a 28-year-old man slightly wounded in a shooting at an East Delevan-Jefferson neighborhood apartment early Wednesday, homicide detectives said.The identities of...
View ArticleLockport police searching for gunman who shot at house and car.
LOCKPORT – Investigators today are looking for a suspect who shot someone’s vehicle and home in the 500 block of Walnut Street Tuesday night, between Vine Street and Wilson Parkway. No injuries were...
View ArticleJennifer Marchant gets 12 years in prison for killing boyfriend
LOCKPORT – Jennifer R. Marchant, the North Tonawanda woman who claimed she killed her boyfriend in self-defense only to see a jury reject the claim, was sentenced today to 12 years in state prison.The...
View ArticleJudge reluctantly gives Marchant 12 years in prison for killing boyfriend
LOCKPORT – Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas said she’s never seen something like this in 35 years: a situation where the officers who investigated a homicide were unhappy that the killer was...
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